1. Competing for Colonies
Chapter 2, Lesson 3
EQ: What are the consequences when cultures interact?

2. Home Learning: Ch. 2, Lesson 3 Define Vocabulary
Reformation
Protestantism
armada
Northwest Passage
tenant farmers
** So skim read through your Lesson 3.

4. Activity: Cornell Notes
(Pg ) Religious Rivalries to Religious Rivalries in America (pg. 56)
STOP DO NOT DO “Search for Northwest Passage”
20 minutes

5. ACTIVITY 1: PROTESTANT REFORMATION READ: Chapter 2, Lesson 3 pg. 55-56
ANSWER IN COMPLETE SENTENCES
What movement in Europe caused rivalries based on religious beliefs?
Who was Martin Luther? What was one of Luther’s complaints about the Catholic Church?
The Reformation led to 2 events. What were they?
What religion did England adopt?
What religion did the French and Spanish practice?

6. Northwest Passage
From 1500s and early 1600s many English, French, and Dutch explorers hoped to find the northwest passage.
Northwest Passage was a direct water route through the Americas that would lead to Asia.

7. The Current Northwest Passage

8. Competing for Colonies
Read searching for the Northwest Passage (pg ). Identify the following:
Explorer
Which country they sailed for?
Year
Result of Expedition
England
France
Jacques Cartier
Netherlands

9. England Takes Control of the Seas
England becomes a Protestant country
They defeat the Spanish armada (war fleet) in 1588.
Spain will lose control of the seas—it is time for England to take over the seas and start new colonies in North America.

10. Spanish Settlements Florida, Southwest (Texas, New Mexico, California)
Spanish missionaries convert Natives to the Catholic religion

11. French Settlements French are interested in trading (fur, fish).
New France colony is made along the St. Lawrence River (Canada).
Tenant farmers worked the land.
Also created a settlement called the Louisiana colony (1682) along the Mississippi River.
French founded New Orleans (1718)
Convert Indians into Catholics

12. Dutch Settlements The Dutch wanted to expand and find new land.
Created the New Netherland colony in 1623.
New Amsterdam is the colony’s main town—located in Manhattan Island (New York).
Dutch bought Manhattan Island for $24 from the Manhattan Indians.

13. Activity #3:
Complete this graphic organizer by identifying 3 reasons for voyages of exploration and 3 effects that resulted from the exploration.
CAUSES
EFFECTS
Voyages of Exploration